9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Make sure you get my good side, [br]which is, like, all of this. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I think the biggest thing that [br]people need to know, in this world, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 is that there is no limit, right? 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 We always hear the saying [br]"The sky's the limit." 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 How many times [br]have you been told: 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 "You can do whatever you want,[br]the sky is the limit!" 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 "You can get there!" 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Well, I think that's a load of BS. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Sitting here saying, "the sky's the limit" 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 well, we have footprints on the Moon, [br] 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 we have Felix Baumgartner[br]skydiving from space. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [br]Now tell me the sky's the limit. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 When I was four months old, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I contracted a rare form of meningitis [br]called meningococcal septicaemia. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 What it did was it attacked my bloodstream[br]so all the blood in my body stopped. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 The doctors had to find where, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 amputate my left hand, my legs [br]and some fingers on the right. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Everyone always says to me[br]"Oh my gosh Shayne! 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 You're so incredible, you're so strong, [br]you're so amazing! 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 You have such a big heart,[br]You have a great heart." 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 And really my answer to that[br]always is, you know 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I got it from my mama! 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 My mom not only did all this,[br]but she did it on her own. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 My dad split, alright,[br]so my mom really was 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 mom, dad, taxi driver, you know,[br]basketball coach, hockey coach. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 My mom was everything. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I've got to do some really cool things. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Out of 60,000 kids,[br]I was chosen at 12 years old[br] 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 to have lunch with Nelson Mandela. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 At 25, probably the greatest experience [br]I'll ever have in my entire life 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 came at 12 years old! 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 When I looked at Nelson Mandela and [br]I said: "Mister Mandela, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Sir, it's an honor for me to meet you." 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 And he looks down at me and [br]he puts his hand on my shoulder 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and Nelson Mandela replies to me: 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 "No my child, it's an honor that[br]I got to share a meal with you." 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I played basketball for about 17 years. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Hum, I played on [br]the junior national team in Canada. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 And it's a very proud thing [br]for me to be able to say 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I am the only player with[br]half a hand to do that in history. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 So for me that's really cool to say. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I played basketball in a gym called[br]Variety Village in Toronto 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and it's a sports and training facility[br]for people with all kinds of challenges... 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and not. [br]So it's a training facility for everybody. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 And I was there to promote them.[br] 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 And afterwards everyone came up to me[br]at 8 years old and said: 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 "You should really do this for a living,[br]you're really good at it!" 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Then I gave another one[br]and another one... 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and now at 25, I run a speaking company. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Hum, my favorite exercise that 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I run with the kids[br]when I do my speaking is 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I'd get them to tell me something[br]that they love to do. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 So, you know, I'm gonna,[br]I'm gonna do it with you. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Give me anything that you love to do.[br]"Sing" 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Are you the best at it?[br]"Yes, I am." 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Louder.[br]"Yes, I am!" 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I quickly tell them:[br]Well, now, you know, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Imagine if we were all to decide that[br]we were the best at something 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 on a daily basis. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 How powerful and incredible [br]this building would be? Always. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 And then, I don't exclude[br]myself from it.[br] 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 So I tell them, you know, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Best one-handed wheelchair[br]basketball player in the world. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I think, I do.[br]I believe that that's me. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Rap. I think I'm the best[br]white disabled Jewish rapper 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 in the world. [br]I'm gonna say that too. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 "Great detail"[br]Right? Right?! 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I mean, I go even farther than that.[br]This is where I really like to connect 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 with them. I tell them that[br]you know, the only reason why 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Channing Tatum won [br]sexiest man in the world 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 is 'cos the people that write [br]the articles haven't met me yet. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I think that 96% of women[br]fall in love with me 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 within 5 minutes of meeting me. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 But I quickly change that and say:[br]"Of all these women,[br] 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 why it's so easy for them [br]to fall in love with me 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 is because I'm[br]in love with me. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 And that's where it starts, right?[br]As soon as you can love 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 who you are, like[br]truly love who you are 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 it is very easy for other people [br]to love you, right?